Join Us for the Annual WHRC Women’sHistory Month EventThe Women’s History Month Event will be held on March 8 from 2-4 p.m. at GFWC Headquarters. The event will include a presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session, and a brief reception. Our speaker this year is Dr. Marjorie Spruill, a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of South Carolina. She specializes in women’s and gender history and the history of the American south. Dr. Spruill will be discussing her most recent book, Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics. Divided We Stand focuses on the women’s movements of the 1970s, particularly the federally sponsored International Women’s Year (IWY) conferences of 1977, in which GFWC participated.

GFWC has continually been a faithful supporter and advocate for women’s rights and equality. Over the decades, this support has played out through varying forms and with myriad voices. For women across the country and within GFWC, the 1970s focused sharply on women’s equality and welcomed increased activism for the recognition of women’s rights. In 1975, some of that attention turned to the United Nation’s International Women’s Year, which launched a series of women-centric conferences around the globe. Although GFWC deliberated over our participation, International Past President Margaret Arnold urged that “GFWC is mentioned as a forerunner of the women’s movement… long before Betty Friedan was heard from. We must not forget our longtime role in the women’s movement, or the achievement it marks.”​Dr. Spruill will discuss the significance of the IWY in both the past and present. She argues that the great debates of the 1970s over women’s rights and social roles were transformative in American politics and policies. Reflecting on Divided We Stand, Gloria Steinem has commented that, “[W]e will gain courage, knowledge, and tactics from reading about the historic National Women’s Conference and the following decades of meetings, struggles, and campaigns that allowed women to decolonize our minds and begin to express ourselves as unique human beings.” We hope you will join us for this very special event!

WHAT'S NEW AT WCO?

Oh what fun it is to...be with BOOK ENDS for their Christmas Party! A "California"sing-along version of the Twelve Days of Christmas , a Gift Exchange with the challenge of unusual wrapping, to a hilarious joke "telephoned in" by Jackie and Kathy! Merry Christmas everyone!

JINGLE BELLS!

Busy Fingers carolers took the Christmas Spirit to the residents of Orange wellness and Healthcare.

"FABULOUS FINDS" AUCTION 2017 ~ Frances Phelps, ChairmanWe did it again! A phenomenal WCO Auction, we had 105 reservations! I thank all the chairmen and helpers, those who brought the food, those who donated the variety of items for sale, the decorations, set-up, clean up and of course our auctioneers. Everyone just jumped in and did what needed to be done. In addition to our profit, 171 items were donated to Patriot and Paws. It’s a win-win situation.

​At the Woman's Club November 20th luncheon, our guest speaker will be a detective from the Orange Police Dept. who specializes in Domestic Violence. We will be collecting SLIPPERS OF SERENITY at this meeting which will be donated to a nearby Orange home for victims of domestic violence. Please bring your S.O.S. (Slippers of Serenity) to this meeting, and our domestic violence awareness chairperson, Mary-Ellen Manning, will deliver them to this home.

SHOES WANTED ~ A great opportunity to make use of all those shoes you no longer wear!!! WCO is joining Orange District in a new project. We have been asked to collect and donate "Gently Used or New Shoes" which will be collected and sent to third world countries where they will become merchandise for new businesses. Helping people Help themselves!

FIELD OF VALOR ~ WCO Members will join in a patriotic tribute honoring all veterans and active duty military personnel November 4 - November 12 at Orange Field of Valor, Handy Park in Orange. To those in uniform serving today and to those who have served in the past, we honor you. ​

WOMAN'S CLUB OF ORANGE ~ PROUD "MAMAS."

WCO is the proud "parent" of two orphan baby elephants! Meet KAMOKand RAPA. KAMOK wandered into a conservancy in Laikipia, new-born, unstable in search of food and comfort. RAPA had fallen down a well in the Kisima Hamsini Area. They now have over 200 proud "mothers" at Woman's Club of Orange! You too can foster a needy baby elephant, check out the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

FACEBOOK FRIENDS! W.C.O. has a very active FACEBOOK page. Visit us, join us...your input is more than welcome. New photos all the time and we will keep you informed of club activities as well as pertinent information from CFWC & GFWC.

We hope you'll take advantage of this social media venture. It's one more draw on the fabric that binds the GFWC community together.

If you've never experienced Facebook, this is a grand way to get started, you will be among friends here! CFWC WOMAN'S CLUB OF ORANGE. (Easy to remember!)

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